Winter Olympic athlete receives warm welcome home at N.H. school

PLYMOUTH, N.H. — A university in New Hampshire has welcomed home a student who finished competing in the Winter Olympics with a packed assembly of supporters.

Members of the Plymouth State University community gathered Tuesday night to welcome back Freydis Einarsdottir, a junior who competed in alpine skiing for her home country of Iceland. WMUR-TV reports she is the first PSU athlete to compete at the Olympics as a current student.